What class goes well with monk

mo/warrior works well in PvP .. sucks for pve tho I actually found the monk/war to be the best pve machine with smiting skills/zealot's fire, balt's spirit, cheap heal skills, and balanced stance for those annoying knockdown mobs. not to mention, you can get shield of judgement later and knock everything down flat.

Mainly using the warrior portion as a defensive measure with the other stuff, and with zealot's going, you can take down a near infinite amount of mobs as they're hitting you, and you're healing yourself, or dodging their attacks with monk skills.

Monk/Ranger is awesome PvE, sucks at PvP though. I tried that, and it really isn't that great (if you're using a pet).

Imagine being in a big lure, then your pet dies because you're trying to keep the other players alive. (ALL your skills become unuseable for a few seconds, long enough for your party to start dropping) After this, I quickly deleted that character. I only wanted /Ranger for the pet.

I'm personally using an E/Mo. That way I can be a DD or a healer, depending on the situation, with just a few attribute points redistribution.

What class goes well with monk other than mesmer? or is mesmer the best choice? Try to explain what playstyle is the most fun for you.

What do you want to do with this character? What types of characters have you enjoyed in other games?

You won't find a X + Y = OMGBBQ. You will find a lot of X + Y = amazing if you like to do Z.

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Jana Gotta agree. Monks go with everything, like a pint of beer. Mmmmm.... Monk Beer.... garglgargle

Try to explain what playstyle is the most fun for you.

What do you want to do with this character? What types of characters have you enjoyed in other games?

You won't find a X + Y = OMGBBQ. You will find a lot of X + Y = amazing if you like to do Z. I like to be able to do some damage as well as heal, my other character is a W/Mo. For my monk though I want to heal more than do damage though. I dont like only being able to heal good and totally sucking at everything else.

I am currently using E/Mo .. its pretty fun in PVP

Whats PVE ? Player Vs. Environment

mo/warrior works well in PvP .. sucks for pve tho
I saw a couple that played them extremely weel in PvE!

I tried that, and it really isn't that great (if you're using a pet).

Imagine being in a big lure, then your pet dies because you're trying to keep the other players alive. (ALL your skills become unuseable for a few seconds, long enough for your party to start dropping) After this, I quickly deleted that character. I only wanted /Ranger for the pet.

I'm personally using an E/Mo. That way I can be a DD or a healer, depending on the situation, with just a few attribute points redistribution. This is why you don't take a pet when it's likely he will die. I'll take a pet with me anywhere I have six party members, but as soon as I'm doing 20 missions/quests/PvP games with 8 people the pet goes. That's when it's either time to dust out healing spring, dryder's defense, and stormchaser or just focus on monk abilities. Mo/R players tend to be less-successful monks because they feel the need to capitalize on very visible abilities (damage traps, marksmanship, beast mastery). I'm not knocking trappers--dust trap in particular can completely turn the tide in a chaotic PvP battle. I'm just saying a monk shouldn't wield a bow or have a prominent Achilles' Heel running around in combat.

Mo/W builds are nice if you're a smiting or protection monk. In my experience these players tend to focus a little less on healing than I like from primary healers...which is fine, as long as they understand how to manage themselves in battle. It's frustrating to see a Mo/W charge in thinking censor's eq will save her, then have a mesmer consume her whole because of all her enchantments or have a ranger consume her with well-chained ranged attacks.

Mo/Me builds can be successful, but it depends on their role. Primary healers will probably find themselves relying heavily on support due to not having fast casting to support their energy-stealing and hex abilities. Protection monks, on the other hand, pair wonderfully with Mesmers.

This is pretty much true for pairing with all of the other caster classes. You'll find it requires careful balancing of attribute points and well-chosen skills. Most monks try too hard to have more than one job in PvP battles. I understand the argument, but I feel monks can't be effective unless they choose a role and put effort into excelling in that role. If you get distracted not only by your monk attributes but by your secondary as well, you'll be a less-effective monk in general. It's all about focus and balance.

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I've never tried it, but wouldn't a monk/ranger combo using serpent's quickness to recharge monk spells have potential? There's some potential but it really is fairly minimal. Simply put, the vast majority of your skills are going to be on fairly fast recharges, giving you minimal benefit from fast skill recharges. You could build a Monk around the longer recharge spells with Serpent's Quickness, but that would be a fairly atypical build, no? So Monk/Ranger would be like the Monk/Necromancer, but without the obvious outlet like Offering of Blood.

95% of the Monk/Rangers I've seen just grab a pet to clog up the front (they never pump Survival enough to make the damage matter), while the other 5% play pure Monks and took Ranger in order to unlock additional skills. It's a rare breed indeed.

Peace,
-CxE

>.< Mo/E is $$, 12divine, 12protection, & 11earth. Ward ele/melee with lifebond+balth seems to run pretty solid... doesnt do a damn thing as the primary healer tho Why go Monk Primary if you aren't a Primary healer? The only thing you'd get out of DF would be Blessed Signet (Ether Renewal is better) and +38 to whatever protection stuff you cast... but unless you're using Reversal of Fortune, it's unlikely you're really casting a Prot Prayer frequently enough to really capitalize on the DF bonus. I'd suggest just using a El/Mo build with 12 Energy Storage, 12 Protection, and 11 Earth. I'd think you'd have a lot more success.

You can be a primary healer with 12 DF, 12 PP, however. You just need to use Divine Boon and a spammable 5 en, fast casting Prot Prayer... like Reversal of Fortune or Mend Ailment. Guardian also works, but it's a slow cast (1s) comparitively. It's what I use as 'primary healer'.

Why go Monk Primary if you aren't a Primary healer? The only thing you'd get out of DF would be Blessed Signet (Ether Renewal is better) and +38 to whatever protection stuff you cast... but unless you're using Reversal of Fortune, it's unlikely you're really casting a Prot Prayer frequently enough to really capitalize on the DF bonus. I'd suggest just using a El/Mo build with 12 Energy Storage, 12 Protection, and 11 Earth. I'd think you'd have a lot more success.

You can be a primary healer with 12 DF, 12 PP, however. You just need to use Divine Boon and a spammable 5 en, fast casting Prot Prayer... like Reversal of Fortune or Mend Ailment. Guardian also works, but it's a slow cast (1s) comparitively. It's what I use as 'primary healer'. yea for "healing" i've used divine boon, but i didnt enjoy an extra pip of neg nrg (-5 total) i try to just stick to protecting my team with guardian/reversal stacked with lifebond+ward seems to really dampen the dmg. Simply put, its purely a protection build.

On the other hand tho, i wouldnt mind gettin healin prayers just for Word of healing, and vigorous spirit(good for protecting against enchant removal). But i'm not sure if i can run this build like i want it to without blessed signet.

Edit: I probably could try dumping earth magic for healing and see how it works out that way...

yea for "healing" i've used divine boon, but i didnt enjoy an extra pip of neg nrg (-5 total) i try to just stick to protecting my team with guardian/reversal stacked with lifebond+ward seems to really dampen the dmg. Simply put, its purely a protection build.

On the other hand tho, i wouldnt mind gettin healin prayers just for Word of healing, and vigorous spirit(good for protecting against enchant removal). But i'm not sure if i can run this build like i want it to without blessed signet.

Edit: I probably could try dumping earth magic for healing and see how it works out that way... You likely shouldn't try to play the healer role if you're supporting multiple Life Boons. My point was, there really is no reason to be a Monk primary if you aren't playing Primary healer.

Look at Ether Renewal, if you like Blessed Signet so much. Ether Renewal is leaps and bounds better.